What’s the hard return on employee wellness programs?
2010 study published in the Harvard Business Review potential benefits of well-designed wellness programs to both companies and workers.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Climate change and economic growth: Evidence from the last half century
2008 paper by researchers from Harvard, MIT and Northwestern University on the potential effect of climate change on nations’ economic growth.
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Do babies learn from baby media?
2010 study by researchers from the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt on the number of words that 12- to 18-month-olds picked up from a best-selling instructional DVD for children.
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Speed cameras for the prevention of road traffic injuries and deaths
2010 metastudy by researchers from the University of Queensland on the findings from 35 different studies of speed cameras.
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Relationships between streetcars and the built environment
2010 study from the Transit Cooperative Research Program on recent streetcar systems and their impact on development and land-use patterns.
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Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries
2010 study by Harvard, Princeton, the University of Adelaide, and the National University of Singapore on the environmental impact of a large set of countries.
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Polarized America: The dance of ideology and unequal riches
2006 Princeton University study on the relationship between growing income inequality and increasing political divisions in the United States.
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Mega-crises lessons: BP oil spill, financial meltdown
2010 Brooklyn College paper on the lessons that could inform future policy-making to avoid the repeat of similar crises.
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New York City pedestrian safety study and action plan
2009 study commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation analyzing trends and causes of pedestrian-related car crashes.
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The impact of mandatory financial education: A field study
2010 University of Wisconsin study on the results of mandatory financial education among very low-income families in a subsidized housing program.
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